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Why what wrong with his head? Looks pretty good to me?...........
Sorry just couldn't resist.
Can't leave home without it
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Why what wrong with his head? Looks pretty good to me?...........
Sorry just couldn't resist.
One that has microwave oven, water-maker, genset, second/third refrigerator, washer/dryer, trash compacter, AIS, television, ice-maker, double sinks, fishing gear, bath tub, hot tub, dinghy crane, 20-millimeter cannon,
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"20-millimeter cannon,"
We regularly use the 12Ga saluting cannon (shoots blanks) to wake up bridge tenders if ditch traveling off season.
Lots faster than radioing the USCG to phone the bridge to see if its still manned.
We regularly use the 12Ga saluting cannon (shoots blanks) to wake up bridge tenders if ditch traveling off season.
Lots faster than radioing the USCG to phone the bridge to see if its still manned.
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All the reasons I purchased a trawler and not a GAY boat
Hey bud, wake up!! It's the 21st century.
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One that has microwave oven, water-maker, genset, second/third refrigerator, washer/dryer, trash compacter, AIS, television, ice-maker, double sinks, fishing gear, bath tub, hot tub, dinghy crane, 20-millimeter cannon,
I would only need to add a few items to be a gay boat
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All the reasons I purchased a trawler and not a GAY boat
Your comments have no place in today's world. Please go back under the rock from which you came.
Wifey B: Ok, strictly curiosity. What is the Australasian coffee culture? Do most people drink coffee daily? Is it age related? Has it swung from basic to specialty?
I ask because we don't drink coffee. Seems all our over 50 friends drink it daily but really very basic coffee. Most of our younger friends don't drink it daily, but occasionally go for a Starbucks type coffee when out and about. Now they don't do that too often in this climate. I have a lot of friends who start their day with soft drinks. Actually we once did but then swore off all soft drinks a few years ago. I mean I could ask what the US culture is too as I have no earthly idea outside of our close friends. I see coffee places on every corner so someone must be drinking it.
And as to what we'd have to have, I'm just going with the non boat related, the not absolutely necessary for movement. Phones and tablets win hands down. We get kidded that we're never without both. Of course that's by people who then ask us to look up something. But communication, being in touch, having access to info.
The only must have drink is bottled water. At least 10-12 bottles a day for the two of us.
Sun tan lotion. Absolutely positively must. Not just for us, but any guests. No sunburn allowed on our boat or by our pool at home. I'm serious. We're a bit obsessive on that one. See naked body, rub lotion on. Oops. You get the point.
But as hosts we consider it a failure on our part if a guest gets sunburned, just like any other injury. We had someone recently on our boat who hadn't been before. They were with a friend. So she turned to her friend and asked if she brought suntan lotion. She laughed and said "no, but they have tons of it behind every door, in every room, in every cabinet. I bet you're within five feet of some now." She was...I pointed to the cabinet three feet from her.CPseudonym
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Perhaps this Power Point presentation explain it to you.
Sun tan lotion. Absolutely positively must. Not just for us, but any guests. No sunburn allowed on our boat or by our pool at home. I'm serious. We're a bit obsessive on that one. See naked body, rub lotion on. Oops. You get the point.
Brilliant!
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Good question. Many drink coffee daily.My first thought is it stems from a large Italian migration post WW2. Pre war people drank tea, many still do, that`s English heritage. Italians love their coffee, Australia adopted it. Beppi started his famous eponymous Sydney restaurant; the Cantarella Bros. started the Vittoria coffee empire, and so on. The first espresso machines arrived with the Italians, large manually operated machines. Sydney, other State capital cities, the suburbs, country towns, are littered with coffee shops. It`s a social thing. And a work thing, many people get a take away coffee on the way to their office.
Australians are great travelers, there is a lot of coffee taken in Europe. Years ago Alitalia served us espresso on a flight(Business) to Rome on a 747. And big cruisers too, cruise ships operating in Australia cater for espresso coffee.
Don`t assume we drink coffee to the exclusion of water. I think people know coffee is negative in terms of hydration due to the diuretic effect, like many caffeinated soft drinks. I also think there is an habituation/mild addiction with espresso coffee, the process extracts caffeine, amongst other things like deepened flavor. Coffee is often served with a glass of water.
Coffee and boating? Popular anchorages are visited early mornings by "coffee boats" selling newspapers, pastries, eg croissants, and coffee from an espresso machine.
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Fair comment, Shrew.TF has nearly 11000 members. Some are sure to identify as gay. Let`s not cause offence.Hey bud, wake up!! It's the 21st century.
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Wifey B: Wow....I'd pass on the coffee although some of the others with us would jump on it, but pastries and croissants, yes yes yes. Newspapers? Are those the old timey paper things from before they were on the internet?
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A real newspaper accepts croissant crumbs and hot coffee drips. Try that with a tablet.Wifey B:..... Newspapers? Are those the old timey paper things from before they were on the internet?
Some popular anchorages, not that remote, are in steep sided topography preventing phone and internet signal getting in. Sometimes it`s paper or nothing. (Or baby wipes.
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Back to the original post, I'd like to add my phone to the list. It's got my chart plotter, my music, my TF app, and Towboat US on speed dial. A veritable Swiss Army knife of usefulness.
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Wifey B: Wow....I'd pass on the coffee although some of the others with us would jump on it, but pastries and croissants, yes yes yes. Newspapers? Are those the old timey paper things from before they were on the internet?
Wifey B, like Bruce mentuioned, early settlers in both NZ and Aussie were largely ex Brits, so mainly drank tea, and no-one had a clue as to how to make a really decent coffee. Then came that rather horrible stuff called liquid instant coffee - often blended with chickory, and later dry instant coffee, which were poor substitutes for the real thing, but just ok.
Then imigration from elsewhere and more travel ended up with real coffee, (not instant out of a can or jar), really taking off and becoming really popular.
Funnily enough, we had the idea virtually all Americans just drank coffee, and regarded tea as a very poor substitute in the main, whereas we still see tea as a really great drink, especially if you are really thirsty, whereas coffee doesn't really slake a thirst in quite the same way. All best drunk unsweetened of course, in which case both now have the tick of approval diet wise. I'm surprised now to find out how many Americans do like tea, but that's good.
As to newspapers. I get both the paper version and the iPad version of our local paper, and there is still nothing like hunkering down with the real thing. For mine, the iPad version is a real second best in my view.
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As promised, here's a new perspective on Mark's head.
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...and more:
Look ma, no handle!
Look ma, no handle!
E-Gads man, what does that place look like BEFORE he gets to work with the 8 jugs of cleaners?
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dunno....it's always clean when I see it!
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Mark's "yacht"(because Mark's boat just sounds foolish to any of us who've been aboard) came equipped with a closet full of Oompah Loompahs that come out and clean everything the moment you're no longer in the room. They are programmed to clean and polish everything they see at least 6 times per day.
My next boat will be similarly equipped.
And these Oompah Loompahs can be snuck into the country from where?
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Hmmm...sounded more Samoan to me.
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